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Helminth infections in faecal samples of wolves Canis lupus L. from the western Beskidy Mountains in southern Poland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2007

Marcin Popiołek ,
Justyna Szczęsna ,
Sabina Nowak  and
Robert W. Mysłajek
Marcin Popiołek*
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology and Ecology, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Kożuchowska 5b, 51-631Wrocław, Poland:
Justyna Szczęsna
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology and Ecology, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Kożuchowska 5b, 51-631Wrocław, Poland:
Sabina Nowak
Affiliation:
Association for Nature ‘Wolf’, Twardorzeczka229, 34-324Lipowa, Poland
Robert W. Mysłajek
Affiliation:
Association for Nature ‘Wolf’, Twardorzeczka229, 34-324Lipowa, Poland
*
* E-mail: popiolek@ozi.ar.wroc.pl
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Abstract

Eighty-nine samples of grey wolf (Canis lupus L.) faeces were collected between 2002 and 2004 from two areas in the western Beskidy Mts (south Poland). Helminth eggs were observed in 56.2% of faeces examined. These included: Alaria alata (2.2%), taeniid eggs (11.2%), Toxocara canis (5.6%), Toxascaris leonina (1.1%), Eucoleus aerophilus (14.6%), Ancylostoma caninum (12.3%), Uncinaria stenocephala (37%) and unidentified roundworm eggs of the family Strongyloididae (1.1%). Eucoleus aerophilus is recorded for the first time from Poland. The results are compared with the helminth fauna of other wolf populations in Europe.

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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 81 , Issue 4 , December 2007 , pp. 339 - 344
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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